Political Topographies

Edited by Ina Habermann.

This issue of the JSBC features a selection of six papers given at the conference 'Topographies of Britain' (Basel 2012). The general aim of the conference was to explore relations between identity and space in Britain. Taking our cue from spatial studies, we argue that in order to understand the intricate relationship between material reality, discourse and social interaction in the construction of our living environment, the study of British culture needs to be informed by a 'geographical sensibility'. Contents: I. Habermann: Introduction. - M. Gardiner: The British Reliance on Identity. - M. Tönnies: Northern Landscapes and Anti-Thatcherite Positioning. British Colour Photography of the 1980s. - N. Böhm-Schnitker: There is no such thing as political memory!? "The Iron Lady" (2011) as 'psycho-geography'. - F. Hofmeister: A Fatal Attraction? Europe and the Failure of the English Regions. - B. Schaff: Killing Fields and Poppy Fields. Towards a Topography of the Western Front in the British Cultural Memory. - N. Pleßke: HMY Britannia. The Spacial Semantics of the Royal Yacht. - Reviews. 200 Seiten mit 9 Abb., broschiert (Journal for the Study of British Cultures; Vol. 20, No. 2 · 2013/Königshausen & Neumann 2014) leichte Lagerspuren